Buffalo Grove — Three Buffalo Grove High School students who brought a water bottle partially filled with vodka and whiskey to school last week were sent home after a dean passed them in the hallway and smelled alcohol, police said.

The incident occurred about 9:30 a.m. May 14. The students -- two 16-year-old girls and a 14-year-old boy -- told the dean they drank alcohol before coming to school.

The students will not be charged with consumption of alcohol by a minor but rather appear before a peer jury, a joint program between the Police Department and OMNI youth services, which is for first-time, non-violent juvenile offenders, said Buffalo Grove Police Cmdr. Steve Husak.

The jury is made up of a police officer, a counselor from OMNI and children of the same age. They will decide what disciplinary measures to take, Husak said.